Bramfelder See is a lake in
Steilshoop,
Hamburg
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, Germany, which is named after the nearby former village of
Bramfeld
Bramfeld () is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany, in the borough of Wandsbek. It is located on the southeastern border of the borough, which lies in the northeastern part of the city. Bramfeld includes the former village of Hellbrook, but consists t ...
. It is fed by several springs, among others from the former swamp of
Prökelmoor, located today on the compound of nearby
Ohlsdorf Cemetery
Ohlsdorf Cemetery ( or (former) ) in the Ohlsdorf, Hamburg, Ohlsdorf quarter of the city of Hamburg, Germany, is the biggest rural cemetery in the world and the fourth-largest cemetery in the world. Most of the people buried at the cemetery are c ...
. Bramfelder See extends to a length of 1.2 km and to a width of between 100 and 400 m, and to a depth of up to 3 m. Four islands are located in the lake. The stream of
Seebek
The Seebek is a small stream in Hamburg, Germany, which flows from the lake of the Bramfelder See in a southerly direction.
After about 3 kilometres it discharges into the Osterbek river. The stream is also known locally as the ''Grenzbach'' (' ...
flows from the lake in a southerly direction.
In the night of 17 to 18 January 2010 unknown perpetrators broke the lock at the outlet sluice and let the water under the ice of the lake drain into Seebek stream. As a result, the majority of the fish population died. The Sport Fishing Association Elbe e.V. feared that it will take years until the lake is recovering from this disaster.
References
Lakes of Hamburg
LBramfelder See
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